B4180 crash in Dudley on 30 December 1986 at 12:00 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4180 in Dudley at 12:00 on Tuesday 30 December 1986. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 12:00
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000J3035
Council area: Dudley
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 4180
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards: Other object in carriageway

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Front
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 19862000J3035 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dudley road accident statistics for 1986.